Holder for bobbins



Jan. 3, 1950 R. D. sEDGEwlcK HOLDER FOR BOBBINS Filed April 16, 1947* I N VEN TOR.

Patented Jan. 3, 1950 GFFICEL 2,493,208 HoLDEn-Fonoms.

Richard D Sedgewick, Durham; N. H'. Application April. 16, 194%, Serial Nol 741,815

(Cl. 24a-130)' 4. Claims. I

This invention relai-.esima novel bobbin holder r creel for use in hand-knitting a variegated Argyle pattern` or` any, other pattern which calls for several supplies of yarn in continual use, each of which isA at times, -or intermittently, incorporated in the fabric being produced;

Variegated Argyle patters lcallf` for: yarns of a .plurality of different colors, usually ve, and to avoid longitudinal lengths offYarn. across the inside of.v thev work from end toj end' thereof; while knitting an tubular fabric, yarn of4 each. color is wound on two bobbins so th'atten.loadedlbobbins are employed; the strands of alloi'which are continuously connected with the work. Heretofo're, these ten strands andtheir bobbins would continually become entangledY with the result that considerable time andeffo'rt was expended in disentangling them.

The inventionhas for itsfobject to provide a bobbin-holding device, for use while producing variegated hand-knitted fabrics, which will be of simple, inexpensive and efficient construction.

It is also an object yof the invention to provide a device `of the character referred to whose use, while hand-knitting a variegated pattern, will obviate the above noted objectionable entanglement of the yarns and bobbins heretofore characterizing this operation.

A further object of the invention is to :provide a novel bobbin which will be particularly constructed for application to my new holder.

To these ends I have lprovided la bobbin holder of the character described which, in the preferred embodiments of the invention, may be constructed as set forth in the following description, the several novel features of the invention being particularly pointed out and defined in the claims at the close of the description. The invention also contemplates, as a new article of manufacture, a bobbin attachment for application to the holder just referred to.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 illustrates the use vof `a bobbin holder embodying one form of the invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation, full size and 'partly broken away, of the bobbin holder shown in Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the bobbin holder and bobbins shown in Fig. 1.

Figure 4 illustrates the construction of `a bobbin suitable for use `with the holder shown in Figs. l, Zand 3.

The bobbin holder illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings is made from a single angulated length of round spring wire bent to form an elongate body 9 made up of two rows of loops l0 and H'. formed asobtuse. isosceles triangleswhose sides lit are common te ther loops ofr both. rows, theloops l0 being alinedlongitudinally, alongand constituting. one. marginal. portion of. thel body1 and' theloops li.. beingalined. longitudinallyA along and. constituting. the opposite marginal4 portion of. saidbody...

An. end portionV l2 of the wireY at one end of body 9 is a partof the loopA Il t. that end.y and is bent laterally toward. the opposite marginal portion of, the body withits-extremity. formedinto aneye. i3 that. isdisposedin immediate. proximity to the adjacent acute bend. of: the loop. lll at said end, said eye and bend providing apair of bobbingripping jawssaswill appear later.

So also.. the freey end portion. i4 of the wire which. ispart. of the loop lll. Iat. the opposite. end of, body li. is.. bent. laterally. toward. the. opposite marginal.' p-ortionofthe. latter, andhas. its extremity formed into an eye I5 thatA is disposed in iinmediate proximity to the adjacent acute bend of the loop I l at that end of the body, said eye 'and bend providing a pair of b-obbin-gripping jaws as will also appear later.

The loops of each row Ill and Il are disposed in close proximity to each other thereby to enable each pair of op-pcsed acute bends of the loops to serve as bobbingripping jaws also. As will presently appear, each pair of :opposed acute bends of the loops provide between them a slit into which a loaded bobbin of sheet material can be forced edgewise so that it is held l.against displacement when the body 9, Fig. 2, is lifted by means of the strands of yarn extending therefrom to the fabric being constructed. The slits just referred to are disposed at :opposite sides `of the body 9 in two longitudinal rows with the slits of each row alternating longitudinally with the slits of the other row.

For use with the above described holder I may provide a plurality of bobbins 2li like that shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, each made from any suitable sheet material such as cardboard, thin sheet metal or the like and characterized by the provision yadjacent to one end thereof of an aperture or hole I1 and a hook IS spaced apart a predetermined distance to serve as presently to be described. This bobbin may have the form of a prolate annulus with the hole I1 and hook I8 disposed upon opposite sides of the longer axis of the bobbin as shown. A slit 2| formed through one side of the bobbin provides a laterally resilient arm 22 which permits 'a supply of yarn to be wound upon the opposite side of the bo-bbin as indicated at 23 by dotted lines in Fig. 4 and as shown by full lines in Figs. 1 and 3, said arm being bent aside as each convolution is wound into place.

Ten bobbins are provided for the holder shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 and in applying each to the holder the same is presented edgewise into the entrance between two acute bends of the holder as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, with the hook I8 foremost whel'eupon it is forced into position between said two bends until hook I8 is in engagement with the portion I9 of the triangular loop that is occupied by the bobbin (Fig. 4) and the two opposed acute bends occupy the opposite ends of the hole or aperture l1. The resilience of the wire permits the bobbin to be thus applied to the holder and when in position thereon the bobbin is held quite securely against displacement relatively to the holder but can be removed readily through the application of force.

Use of the above described holder prevents tangling of the strands and bobbins not only while knitting on the pattern but also When the work is temporarily laid aside. Each row is knitted from right to left on the needle while the holder and its bobbins may be resting on the lap of the knitter, and as a row is completed the work and rack are lifted slightly and turned 180 degrees before knitting from right to left along the other side of the work during which operation the holder is resting again upon the lap of the knitter. This turning of the work and holder is a simple and orderly movement because the holder is light and mobile and holds the yarn and bobbins in order at all times. What I claim is:

1. A bobbin-holder for use While hand-knitting a fabric, said holder comprising a single elongated mobile body unit of substantially greater width than thickness and formed along a marginal portion thereof with a row of spaced-apart 4 transversely disposed slits for holding a plurality of loaded bobbins of sheet material in orderly spaced-apart relationship while the yarns of said bobbins are connected with the fabric and the latter is being moved about.

2. A bobbin-holder of the class described aocording to claim 1 wherein each slit communicates at its inner end with a relatively large aperture provided in said body unit.

3. A bobbin-holder for use While hand-knitting a fabric, said holder comprising a single elongated mobile body unit of substantially greater width than thickness and formed along its opposite side marginal portions with two rows of transversely disposed bobbin-holding slits, and with the slits of each row olf-set longitudinally relatively to the slits of the other row.

4. A bobbin-holder of the class described according to claim 3 wherein each slit communicates at its inner end with a relatively large aperture provided in said body unit.

RICHARD D. SEDGEWICK.

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